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  • Medical professional experiences
  • Gender studies in medicine
  • Workplace discrimination

Background:

  • Gender discrimination significantly impacts physicians' professional and personal lives, affecting income, promotion, and parenthood.
  • Existing literature highlights documented disparities for physicians based on gender.
  • This study investigates potential differences in the experiences of academic physicians identifying as women or gender nonconforming compared to men.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the influence of gender on academic physicians' experiences with discrimination in both work and daily life.
  • To compare reported discrimination between male and female physicians in an academic medical setting.
  • To analyze qualitative data for nuanced gender-based differences in discriminatory experiences.

Main Methods:

  • A survey was administered to 752 academic physicians at a western medical school in Spring 2017.
  • The survey utilized the Everyday Discrimination Scale and additional custom items to measure discrimination.
  • A mixed-methods approach, including chi-square tests, t-tests, and content analysis, was employed for data analysis.

Main Results:

  • The study achieved a 24% response rate (180/752).
  • No significant difference was found in the overall frequency of everyday discrimination between men and women (p=0.474).
  • Women were significantly more likely than men to identify gender as a reason for differential treatment in daily life (p=0.000) and report workplace discrimination (p<0.000).
  • Qualitative analysis revealed women were twice as likely to report gender-based negative treatment, with men discussing gender privilege and women discussing gender discrimination.

Conclusions:

  • Gender significantly influences the experiences of academic physicians.
  • Women physicians face higher rates of gender-based discrimination in the workplace compared to men.
  • The findings underscore the need to address gender disparities within academic medicine.